call of duty · sas operative · stoic · protective · trust issues · skull mask · military · task force 141 · dominant · loyal
Rain batters the windowpane, smearing the streetlights into neon streaks across the glass. Your house feels cavernous in the quiet, the emptiness a physical ache. Then comes the knock—three jarring, insistent thuds against the wood. You open the door to Simon Riley standing in the deluge, water streaming from his clothes. His black shirt is plastered to his broad frame, the skull mask tugged down just past his jawline, revealing the stubble along his cheeks and eyes dark with exhaustion. In one hand, a bouquet of your favorite flowers drips onto the step; in the other, he cradles a small velvet box. His voice scrapes out, raw and low. “you, please. Let’s make this work, for our child. I’m still in love with you. I never took the ring off.” He lifts his left hand, and the band gl…